Thanks for your answers.

I will give this "Disk Doctor" a try and also try to tell NDD that there was no major 
catastrophe on my disks.

Otherwise, my Windows 98 has gone and is now replaced by XP, which is much more stable 
(uptime of weeks are now possible), so the problem has mostly solved itself. But 
for my temporary data disk, is use still the FAT32 file system. In fact, I have gone 
also one step back and use now FAT16 for the boot drive. I also upgraded to a RAID1 
system (for system, programs and important data), to reach more protection against 
hardware failures.

btw. The name "Disc" is used for optical medias and "Disk" for magnetical medias.

So have a nice time and a running computer.

Mohikaner







On Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 2:50 pm, Don Weber wrote:
>True, but even in Auto-Fix mode, Norton Disk Doctor (NDD.EXE) then thinks that a 
>"major catastrophe" has befallen one's FAT32 disk (when it's merely the incorrect 
>"Free Cluster Count"), and insists that you "Generate a Report" before it will continue 
>with the next drive.  And even if you choose to skip the report, IT STILL REQUIRES 
>MANUAL INTERVENTION FROM THE USER!
>
>(BTW, it is *MUCH* faster to run NDD at boot-up in DOS mode on ALL of one's disks, 
>before Windows starts; and it's nearly impossible to run NDD on C: after Windows 
>starts, because Windows is then constantly accessing the C: drive, which interrupts 
>NDD and causes NDD to restart endlessly.)
>
>Generally, the ONLY thing that's wrong with my disks after (frequent) crashes is 
>the incorrect "Free Cluster Count", but NDD's *HALTING* and WAITING for the User 
>to "Generate [or skip] a Report" on *every* such trivial "error", turns an "automatic/auto-fix" 
>rebooting (when I could/should be doing something constructive during each of these 
>VERY long Windows reboots) into an EXASPERATING reboot, requiring incessant, distracting 
>-- and completely unnecessary -- MANUAL INTERVENTION!
>
>Hence, the need for a straight-forward, SINGLE-purpose DOS utility program that 
will 
>run on FAT32 disks/partitions, and will simply and QUICKLY fix/correct *JUST* the 
>erroneous "Free Cluster Count", without doing ANY other disk checking or repairs.
>
>Except when there are REAL disk errors -- which NDD *should* and *does* stop for 
>-- such a wonderful little program would enable fast, UNattended, automatic reboots
>(*) withOUT causing NDD to halt on every trivial "Free Cluster Count" error, and
>(*) withOUT causing McAfee's DiskMinder program to similarly HALT on every "Free 
>Cluster Count" error, and
>(*) withOUT having to resort to ScanDisk (!horrors!), which, although it DOES fix 
>THAT error silently, it then takes for*EVER* to run it on 20+ large disks/ partitions! 
>:P
>
>Does anyone know where we might find such a WONDERFUL little utility?  This problem 
>has obviously gotten to be MUCH more than just an "annoyance" for me.  So I apologize 
>for the occasional "SHOUTING", but *I* *AM* *NOW* *DESPERATE*!  ;-)
>
>Don Weber  <><  donweber@starpower.net
>
>








Written in response to:
re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)' (Don Weber: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 2:50 pm)


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